Last Saturday, August Bugatti Owners Club organized an 80th birthday event for the quintessentially British, Cooper Car Company to celebrate an important milestone in British Motor Sport History. It commemorated a Prescott speed hill climb meeting on 27/28 th July 1946 when Charles and John Cooper arrived with their prototype race car. Driven by John and … [Read more...]
Stars & cars turn out for BRDC Classic
One of the pioneer events on the burgeoning national historic motorsport calendar of the early 1990’s, this popular 3-day race meeting began as the Christie’s Historic Festival, before becoming Coys Historic Festival and then Silverstone Classic, all run by professional event organizers Goose Communication. In 2025 the meeting reverted to the British Racing … [Read more...]
Newslines 23 December
Lamborghini will postpone its first electric model until 2029, said CEO Stephan Winkelmann. It had planned the release of its first EV in 2028 but the delay comes as the industry grapples with the transition to EVs, although Ferrari will introduce its first EV early next year. The average cost of car insurance for young drivers has fallen by £160 in … [Read more...]
£300M Ecclestone F1 collection being sold
Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone will sell his extraordinary collection of historic Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars amassed over 50 years. Ecclestone, 94, was for decades the commercial rights holder of Formula 1, and was therefore the man who made it the global sporting powerhouse that it is today and has engaged Tom Hartley Jnr Ltd.. It is fair to say … [Read more...]
€308,000 impact of generous Cannonball runs
Cannonball, the action-packed supercar spectacle, has raised €308,000 throughout 2024 for The Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation. This brings the total figure raised for Irish children’s charities up to €1,946,432. Cannonball, fuelled by milesPLUS from Circle K, is the largest organised road trip in Europe featuring the finest cars on the planet from the … [Read more...]
Goodwood Revival was pure theatre of dreams
Motor racing’s annual offering to the idiosyncratic British knack of successfully combining nostalgia with sublime racing scored again. Goodwood’s Revival meeting provided a 17-race card containing a broad selection of Saloon, Sports, GT and formula cars driven by a cross section of top-class drivers from both historic and modern racing genre. Held in … [Read more...]
Newslines 5 July
Ferrari is introducing two new extended warranty services dedicated to owners of the SF90 Stradale, SF90 Spider, SF90 XX Stradale, SF90 XX Spider, 296 GTB and 296 GTS, as a first for the company's plug-in hybrid cars. The two programmes, named Warranty Extension Hybrid and Power Hybrid, aim to satisfy those who wish to preserve the performance and … [Read more...]
Tradelines 12 June
Residual values of used cars with manual transmission are in decline, with some models worth as much as 21% less than their automatic equivalents and fewer manual cars for sale in 2024 than ever before, reports Car Dealer magazine. Among the manufacturers that no longer offer any new models with manual transmission are Volvo, Mercedes, Jaguar and Lexus, all … [Read more...]
Turning the corner with an electric classic car
Since the government’s announcement to ban the sale of new petrol or diesel vehicles by 2035 and as more electric and hybrid cars start to roll off production lines, converting classic cars to electric powered motors is increasing. In fact, searches for ‘electric classic cars’ have increased by 40% in the past month as the rising popularity of … [Read more...]
Sportslines 15 February
Genesis says motor racing legend Jacky Ickx will join as an official brand partner. Seventy-nine year old Ickx will take on a three-fold role as a Genesis brand partner to provide strategic insights, championing the brand’s ethos as an ambassador and acting as a distinguished diplomat within the luxury landscape with six Le Mans wins and eight F1 races to … [Read more...]
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